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Tag Archives: Chicago
Redheaded Angel
“I like your chain,” she said. I looked up at the redhead, then down at my neck to see what I was wearing: a simple and inexpensive silver necklace. We were standing in the CVS Pharmacy for pick-up of prescription … Continue reading
Posted in falling in love, Mothers, The 1970s
Tagged Brown hair, Chicago, CVS Pharmacy, Health, Human hair color, Pharmacy, Prescription medication, Red hair, Shopping
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50 Gifts for My Birthday
On my desk at work rests a photo of my father and step mother in their early 50s. As my 50th birthday approaches at the end of April, I try not to over think that photo taken in 1986 at … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, art, Cats, Coffee, Dancing, Death, falling in love, Rabbits, Reading, Reading Out Loud, Sex, The Beatles, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Conferences, Writing Retreats
Tagged AARP, Arts, Beatles, Birthday, Chicago, Experience, Facebook, Love, Middle Age, Old Age, Rabbit, sex, Spending Money, Stepfamily, Travel, Turning 50, Turning fifty, Wisdom, Writing, Youth
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Hey, I’m a Free Bird
Usually when I’m in flight I read or let my mind drift, stare out the window at clouds or the lighted dots of cities in the dark. If I fly JetBlue, I watch Channel 13 – a little cartoon plane … Continue reading
Posted in Agoraphobia, Airplanes, Getting Older, High school., memories, Miracles, Music, Overcoming Fear, Panic Disorder, Public Readings, Reading, Reading Out Loud, The 1970s, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Conferences, Writing Retreats
Tagged Agoraphobia, Airplanes, Anxiety, Boston, Cassie Gaines, Chicago, Colorado, Free Bird, Greenville Memorial Auditorium, Health, Jet Blue, Los Angeles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, New York, New York City, Panic Attacks, Ronnie Van Zant, Seattle, Steve Gaines, Street Survivors, Travel
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Moments Fine and Not So Much
Oh, that first morning after the sex, as she wakes me up and says, “I was disappointed.” Okay, that was not one of the finer moments of my life, but one of the marvels of writing is how you can … Continue reading
Posted in Agoraphobia, Facebook, Panic Disorder, Performing, Public Readings, Reading, Reading Out Loud, Solstice MFA Pine Manor College, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Conferences, Writing Retreats
Tagged Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Chestnut Hill Massachusetts, Chicago, Mary Poppins, meg kearney, MFA, mfa program, Pine Manor College, Reading, Solstice MFA
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How do you write happy?
How Do You Write Happy? Lately I’ve been acknowledging how good my life is. Maybe some of you out there do this all the time, count your blessings, write down all the positives about your life: I love my children, … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Agoraphobia, falling in love, Flirtation, Getting Older, lesbianism, memories, Miracles, Overcoming Fear, Panic Disorder, Travel
Tagged Boston, Chicago, Colorado, Colorado Springs Airport, Dorothy Allison, Jupiter, Laura, Luggage, New York City, Pine Manor College, Puget Sound, Seattle, Whidbey Island
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